Drosophila are hosts to the first described parasitoid wasp of adult flies.

ABSTRACT: Parasitoid wasps are exceptionally diverse and use specialized adaptations capable of manipulating the physiology and behaviour of host organisms¹. In more than two centuries since the first records of Drosophila-parasitizing wasps, nearly 200 described and provisional parasitoid species of drosophilids have been identified². These include endoparasitoids and ectoparasitoids, as well as species attacking larval and pupal hosts³. Despite a deep history of research attention and remarkable biodiversity, a wasp species that attacks and develops inside the adult stage of a fly host has not been described previously. Here we report the discovery of a wasp species that infects the adult stage of fruit flies in the genus Drosophila, including one of the most deepl

SUBMITTER: Moore LD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11424482 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature